Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Saturday 23 March 1974 |
Time: | 19:08 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF |
Operator: | Airlift International |
Registration: | N6164A |
MSN: | 46144/532 |
First flight: | 1970 |
Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The DC-8 was undergoing a maintenance A-check at the Travis Air Force Base. Suddenly fuel fumes in the no. 1 inboard main fuel tank area exploded. One person on the ground was killed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
powerplant - fuel system: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly installed
FACTOR
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fire in wing
Classification:
Fuel tank explosion
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Aviation News 26.04.1974
Photos
accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A
accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A
accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A
accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A
accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.